A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
A simple sufficient condition for the coexistence of quantum effects
Authors: Heinosaari T
Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL
Journal acronym: J PHYS A-MATH THEOR
Article number: ARTN 152002
Number in series: 15
Volume: 46
Issue: 15
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 1751-8113
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/46/15/152002
Abstract
Two quantum effects are considered coexistent if they can be measured together. It is known that commutativity and comparability are sufficient but not necessary for the coexistence of two effects. We unify those two conditions to a simple but more widely applicable sufficient condition.
Two quantum effects are considered coexistent if they can be measured together. It is known that commutativity and comparability are sufficient but not necessary for the coexistence of two effects. We unify those two conditions to a simple but more widely applicable sufficient condition.